List of Latin suffixes
This list of Latin suffixes lists those morphemes which are productive within the Latin language and which can appear between stem and ending and thus serve to derive new words or to form word forms. In addition to suffixes in the narrower sense, series-forming compositional trailing elements (suffixoids) are also taken into account .
| suffix | Basic meaning / function | Examples of derivatives and word forms |
|---|---|---|
| -∅- | Noun agentis | dux 'leader', to dūcere ' to pull, lead'; cōnsul 'Councilor, highest civil servant', to cōnsulere 'consult, decide'; jūdex 'judge', to jūs dīcere 'speak right' |
| -ā- | conjunctive | videās 'you see', to vidēre ' to see'; legat 'he read', too casual 'read'; audiar 'I am heard', to audīre 'hear'; attigās 'you touch', to attigī 'I touched' |
| -ā- |
Factitive essive |
laetāre ' to cheer up', to laetus 'happy, cheerful'; lacrimāre ' to cry', to lacrima 'tear'; piscārī ' to fish', to piscis 'fish' servāre ' to preserve', to servos ' * keeper, * shepherd'; mīlitāre 'to do military service', to mīles 'warrior, soldier'; concordāre 'to be in agreement ', to concors 'in agreement, in agreement' |
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-bā- -ēbā- |
Past tense |
dabās 'you gave', to dare ' to give'; nābam 'I swam', to nāre 'swim'; vidēbātur 'it seemed', to vidērī 'seem'; ībant 'they went', to īre 'go' legēbāmus 'we read', to casual 'read'; fugiēbat 'he was on the run', to fugere 'flee'; audiēbantur 'they were heard', to audīre 'hear'; |
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-iā- -itiā- -itiē- |
Nominal abstract |
audācia 'boldness, risk', to audāx 'bold, cheeky'; ēlegantia 'delicacy, propriety', to ēlegāns 'picky, tasteful'; mīlitia 'war service', to mīles 'warrior, soldier' jūstitia 'justice', to jūstus 'just'; dūritia 'hardness', too dūrus 'hard'; pueritia 'childhood', too puer 'child' dūritiēs 'hardness', too dūrus 'hard'; munditiēs 'cleanliness', to mundus 'clean' |
| -ēlā- | Noun actionis | loquēla 'speech', to loquī ' to speak'; tūtēla 'care, ward', to tūtus 'safe, secure'; candēla 'light, candle', to candēre 'shine, shimmer' |
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-tūrā- -sūrā- |
Noun actionis |
vēnātūra 'hunt', to vēnārī 'hunt'; scrīptūra 'writing, writing', to scrībere 'writing'; armātūra 'rigging, armament', to armāre 'to equip' ūsūra 'use', to ūtī ' to use'; mēnsūra 'measurement, measure', to mētīrī 'measure'; Censura , censors Office 'to censere , assess, estimate' |
| -issā / izā- |
Essive instrumentative factitive |
patrissāre 'to look up the father', to pater 'father'; chrīstiānizāre ' to be Christian', to Christiānus 'Christian'; graecissāre 'to speak like a Greek', to Graecus 'Greek, Greek' clystērizāre ' make an enema ', to clystēr 'enema'; forizāre ' to trade', to forum 'market'; crūcizāre 'to attach the cross', to crūx 'cross' latīnizāre ' translate into Latin', to Latīnus 'Latin'; indemnisāre ' to compensate', to indemnisāre 'harmless'; crūdēlizāre 'to portray as cruel', to crūdēlis 'cruel' |
| - (i) tā- | Intensive | pōtitāre 'to drink hard ', to pōtāre ' to drink'; fugitāre 'to flee hastily', to fugere ' to flee'; sternūtāre 'constantly sneezing', to sternuere 'sneezing' |
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-c- -āc- |
'Inclined to ...' |
fugāx 'likes to flee' , to fuga 'flight'; vorāx 'voracious', to vorāre 'devour'; linguāx 'chatty', to lingua 'tongue, speech' audāx 'bold', to audēre 'dare'; loquāx 'talkative', to loquī 'talk'; sagāx 'astute', to sāgīre ' smell , feel' |
| -fac- | '-Maker' | artifex 'artist', to ars 'art'; carnufex 'executioner', to caro 'meat'; rētifex ' Netzmacher ', to red 'Netz' |
| - (s) trīc- | Noun agentis f. |
genetrīx 'producer, mother', to genere 'beget, bring forth'; laudātrīx ' eulogist ', to laudāre 'praise, praise'; effectrīx 'creator', to efficere ' to create' tōnstrīx 'shearer', to tondēre ' to shear'; assestrīx 'assessor, assistant', to assidēre 'sit to the side' |
| -be / bo- | Future tense | parēbō 'I will appear', to parēre 'appear'; laudāberis 'you will be praised', to laudāre 'praise, praise'; dabimus 'we will give', to dare 'give'; scībit 'he will know', to scīre 'know' |
|
-sce / sco- -ēsce / ēsco- |
Inchoative |
scīscere 'explore, find out', to scīre 'know'; īrāsci ' to be angry', to īrātus 'angry'; albēscere 'to become white', to albēre 'to be white' contremēscere ' to tremble, to tremble', to contremere to ' to tremble, to tremble'; dulcēscere ' to be sweet', to dulcis 'sweet' |
| -de / do / did- | ,give' | ēdere 'to give out', to ex '(her) from'; reddere ' to give back, to reproduce', to re- 'back'; vēndere 'sell', to * vēnus 'sell' |
| -ē- | Future tense | dīcētur 'it will be said', to dīcere 'speak say'; fugiem 'I will flee', to fugere 'flee'; sciēs 'you will know', to scīre 'know' |
| -ē- | conjunctive | stēs 'you stand', to stāre 'stand'; amētur 'he will be loved', to amāre 'love'; the , I give 'to dare give' |
| -ē- | Essive | albēre ' to be white', to albus 'white'; ārdēre ' to burn', to āridus 'dry, arid'; senēre ' to be old', to senex 'old man'; flōrēre ' to bloom', to flōs 'blossom' |
| -iē- | Noun actionis / rei actae | seriēs 'row, chain', to serere 'braid, row'; faciēs 'shape, appearance', to facere 'make, represent'; aciēs 'sharpness', too acēre 'to be sour' |
| -sē- | Subjunctive imperfect. | essēs 'you would be', to eat ' to be'; vellet 'he wanted', too velle 'want'; venīrēmus 'we would come', to venīre 'come'; darem , I would 'to dare give' |
| -issē- | Subjunctive past perfect. | fuissēs 'you would have been', to fuī 'I have been'; vēnisset 'he would have come', to vēnī 'I have come'; dedissem 'I would have given' to dedī 'I have given' |
| -(egg- | Noun actionis / rei actae | struēs ‚ pile ', to struere ‚ pile up'; caedēs 'hit, kill', to caedere 'hit, kill'; sēdēs ' sit' , to sedēre 'sit' |
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-āli- -āri- -īli- -ūli- |
'Belonging to ...' |
hospitālis 'hospitable', to hospes 'stranger, guest'; rīvālis ' brook neighbor', to rīvus 'brook'; Sāturnālia 'Saturn Festival ', to Sāturnus mīlitāris 'soldierly, military', to mīles 'soldier'; copy , copy, copy 'to exemplum , pattern, model' puerilis , childlike 'to puer , child'; ovīle 'sheepfold', to ovis 'sheep'; hostilis , hostile, hostile 'to hostis , stranger, enemy' Īdūlis , offering the Ides 'to IDUs , Ides'; curūlis 'belonging to the wagon', to currus 'wagon' |
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-bili- -ibili- -ili- |
Verbal adjective |
stābilis 'fixed', to stāre 'stand'; dūrābilis 'permanent', to dūrāre 'endure, endure'; flēbilis 'to cry', to flēre ' to cry' terribilis 'terrible', to terrēre ' to frighten'; comprehendibilis / -prehensibilis 'understandable', to comprehendere ' to understand', PPP comprehēnsus habilis 'handy, agile ', to have ' to handle'; ūtilis 'useful', to ūtī ' to use'; docilis 'docile', to docēre ' to teach' |
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-tili- -sili- |
Verbal adjective |
textilis 'woven, knitted', to texere 'weave'; fictilis , pottery 'to fingere , form'; volātilis 'flying', to volāre 'flying', fossilis 'dug, brought to light ', to fodere 'dig'; missilis 'suitable for throwing / hurling', to middle 'send, throw' |
| -ātili- | 'Living in / on ...' | aquātilis 'living in / by the water', to aqua 'water'; saxātilis 'living on rock', to saxum 'rock'; Pīsātilis 'residents of the city of Pīsae ' |
| -ēnsi- | 'Belonging to the place ...' | Veliēnsis 'from the Veliā '; Siciliēnsis 'from Siciliā '; castrēnsis 'belonging to the camp', to castrum 'camp, fortress'; comitātēnsis' belonging to the entourage '' to comitātus ' accompaniment, entourage, court ' |
| -t- | Noun actionis / rei actae | vītis 'tendril, grapevine', to viēre 'bind, weave '; gēns 'gender, tribe' and praegnās 'pregnant', to genere / gignere ' to beget, to bring forth'; mors 'death', to morī ' to die'; statim 'fixed, on the spot, at once', to stāre 'standing'; messis 'harvest', to meters 'mowing, harvesting'; tussis 'cough', to tundere 'bump' |
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-ti- -āti- -īti- |
'Belonging to the place ...' |
Ardeātis 'from Ardeā '; Ravennās ' from Ravennā ''; Tīburs 'from the city of Tībur ' Arpīnās 'from the city of Arpīnum '; nostrās 'domestic, indigenous', to noster 'our' Samnītis 'from the land of Samnium '; Caerītis 'from the city of Caere ' |
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-esti- - (e) stri- |
'Belonging to ...' |
agrestis 'from the field, rural', to ager 'field, property'; caelestis 'in the sky, heavenly', to caelum 'heaven' terrestris 'on earth, earthly', to terra 'earth'; equester 'belonging to the horse / rider', to equos 'horse'; palūster 'swampy', to palūs 'swamp' |
| -ī- | conjunctive | velīs 'you want', too velle 'want'; fēcerim 'I made', to fēcerō 'I will have made'; dīxītis 'you have said', to dīxō 'I will have said' |
| -ī- |
Factitive essive |
lēnīre 'soothe, soothe', to lēnis 'gentle, mild'; singultīre 'sob', to singultus 'sob'; vestīre 'clothe', for vestis 'dress' servīre 'serve', for servos 'servant, servant'; nūtrīre 'suckle, nourish', to * nūtrī 'mammal, wet nurse'; saevīre 'rage, rage', to saevos 'wild, angry' |
| turī- | Desiderative | ēssurīre ' to be hungry', to ēsse ' to eat'; parturīre ' to tear ', to parere ' to give birth'; ēmpturīre 'be willing to buy' , to emere 'take, buy' |
| -can- | '-Player, -singer' | tubicen 'trumpeter', to tuba 'trumpet'; fidicen 'string player', to fidēs 'string'; psalmicen ' Psalmensänger ', to psalmus ' Psalm ' |
| -men- | Noun instrumenti | agmen 'train, crowd', to agere 'drive, lead, pull'; to sūmen 'teat', to sūgere ' to suck'; certāmen 'quarrel, fight', to certāre 'quarrel, fight' |
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-ēdon / ēden- -īdon / īden- |
Noun actionis |
torpēdo 'paralysis, electric ray ', to torpēre 'to be deaf / rigid'; ūrēdo 'grain brandy ', to ūrere 'burn'; dulcēdo 'sweetness', to dulcis 'sweet', cupīdo 'desire', to cupere 'desire'; libīdo 'desire', to libet 'it pleases '; fōrmīdo 'horror, fear', to fōrma 'figure, ghost'? |
| -tūdon / tūden- | Nominal abstract | magnitūdo 'size', to magnus 'large'; fortitūdo 'strength', to fortis 'strong'; cōnsuētūdo 'habit, custom', to cōnsuētus 'used' |
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-gon / gen- -āgon / āgen- -ilāgon / ilāgen- -īgon / īgen- -ūgon / ūgen- |
Noun actionis |
orīgo 'origin', to orīrī 'appear, arise'; intertrīgo 'sore rubbed spot', to trītum 'rubbed'; similāgo 'white flour', to simila 'white flour' capillāgo ' hair growth', to capillus 'hair'; farrāgo 'fodder', too far 'grain'; Plumbago , galena , plumbago 'to plumbum , lead' Tussilago , coltsfoot 'to tussis , cough'; putrilāgo 'putrefaction', too puter 'lazy'; salsilāgo 'salt water, brine', to salsus 'salted, salty' tentīgo ' erection ', to tentum 'tense, stretched'; impetīgo 'infestation, rash', too impetere ' to accrue'; vertīgo 'twist, dizziness', to vertere 'turn, turn' ferrūgo ' rust ', to ferrum 'iron'; salsūgo 'salt water, brine ', to salsus 'salted, salty'; lānūgo 'fluff', to lāna 'wool' |
| -on- | ,provided with …' | centuriō 'commander of a hundred', to centuria 'hundred'; Cicerō 'the one with the chickpea nose / chickpea farmer ?', To cicer 'chickpea' |
| -ion- | Noun actionis / rei actae | legiō ' Legion ', too casual 'to select , to excavate'; rebelliō 'rebellion', to rebellāre 'rebel'; commūniō 'community', to commūnis 'common, general' |
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-tiōn- -siōn- |
Noun actionis / rei actae |
lectiō 'reading, selection', too casual 'reading, reading out'; vēnātio 'hunt', to vēnārī 'hunt'; mōtiō 'movement', to mōvēre 'move' missiō 'Seden , send ', to mean 'send, send'; mānsio 'stay, hostel', to manēre 'stay, stay overnight' |
| -O- | ,provided with …' | decōrus 'decent', to decor 'decency'; canōrus 'melodious', to canor 'song, sound'; honōrus 'honorable', to honor 'honor' |
| - (i) co- | 'Belonging to ...' | Mārcus , to Mārs ; Āfricus 'African', to Āfer 'Afrer, Africaner'; fabrica 'craft, building, workshop', to faber 'craftsman, master builder'; vīlicus 'rural, estate manager', to vīlla 'manor' |
| -faco- | '... doing' | terrificus 'terrible', too terrēre ' terrified '; magnificus 'great', to magnus 'great'; mīrificus 'wonderful', to mīrus 'wonderful'; pānificus 'Brotbeck', to pānis 'bread' |
| -atico- | 'Belonging to ...' | silvāticus 'wild', to silva 'forest, scrub, wilderness'; viāticum ‚ Wegegeld ', to via ‚ Weg, Straße' |
| -I do- |
Verbal adjective 'provided with ...' |
avidus 'greedy, lustful, stingy', to avēre 'desire'; algidus 'cold', to algēre 'freeze' gelidus 'ice cold', to gelū 'frost'; herbidus ' krautreich ', to herba 'herb' |
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-ndo- -undo- -endo- |
Gerundive / gerund |
laudandus 'to be praised ', to laudāre ' to praise'; gerundi 'of carrying', to gerere ' to carry' faciundus 'to be made', to facere ' to make'; veniundi 'of coming', to venīre ' to come' ponendus 'to be set / put / legender', to pōnere ' to set, put, place'; veniendi 'of coming', to venīre ' to come' |
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-bundo- -ābundo- |
'Inclined to ...' |
moribundus 'close to death', to morī ' to die'; vagābundus 'unsteady', to vagārī ' to wander'; cantābundus 'singing', to cantāre ' to sing', amōrābundus ' lovesick ', to amor 'love'; noctuābundus 'traveling at night', to noctū 'at night' |
| -cundo- | 'Inclined to ...' | fācundus ' eloquent ', to fāri ' to speak'; īrācundus 'irascible', to īra 'anger'; verēcundus 'shameful', too verēri 'shy away' |
| -eo- | ,consisting of …' | ulmeus from Elm Wood 'to ulmus , elm '; aureus 'golden, gilded', to aurum 'gold'; niveus 'made of snow, snow white', to nothing 'snow' |
| -āceo- | ,consisting of …' | hederāceus 'from ivy', to hedera 'ivy'; tōfāceus ' tuff- like', to tōfus 'tuff stone'; gallīnāceus 'belonging to the hens, cock', to gallīna 'hen' |
| -āneo- | Verbal adjective | supervacāneus 'superfluous', to vacāre 'empty / free'; collēctāneus ' gathered' , to collēctus 'gathered' |
| -io- |
'Belonging to ...' verbal abstract |
Jūlius ' Julier , Julian', to Jūlus ; Aegyptius 'Egyptian, Egyptian', to Aegyptus 'Egypt'; patrius 'commercial', to pater 'father'; rēgius 'royal', to rēx 'king'; nūtrīcius 'suckling, caring', to nūtrīx 'wet nurse'; Honōrius 'the venerable', to honor 'honor'; jūdicium 'trial, judgment', to jūdex 'judge'; collēgium 'community, association', to 'collēga' 'official, fellow classmate'; sacerdōtium 'priesthood', to sacerdōs 'priest' imperium 'authority to command, power', to imperāre ' to command, command'; colloquium 'conversation', to colloquī 'to discuss' |
| -icio- | 'Belonging to ...' | praetōricius 'praetoric', to praetor ; sodālicius 'cooperative', to sodālis 'companion, friend'; nātālicius 'birthday', on nātāli's 'birthday' |
| -īcio- | ,consisting of …' | rāpīcius 'from turnips', to rāpum 'turnips '; laterīcius 'from bricks', to later 'brick'; ērīcius 'hedgehog', to ēr 'hedgehog'; novīcius 'newly arrived', to novus 'new'; ēmptīcius 'bought', to ēmptus 'buy'; fossīcius 'excavated', to fossus 'dug' |
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-mōnio- -mōniā- |
Nominal abstract |
patrimōnium 'paternal inheritance', to pater 'father'; trīstimōnium 'grief', too trīlstis 'sad', aegrimōnia 'anger', too aeger 'annoying'; trīlstimōnia 'grief', to trīstis 'sad' |
| -ārio- | 'Belonging to ...' | Jānuārius , to Jānus ; sūmptuārius 'effort', to sūmptus 'effort, cost'; apiārius 'beekeeper', to apis 'bee'; sēminārium 'nursery', to sēmen 'seed, sapling'; calcāria 'Kalkofen, Kalksteinbruch', to calx 'Kalk (stone)' |
| -pario- | '-Maker' | pelliparius ' furrier ', to pellis 'fur, fur'; calciparius 'cobbler', to calx 'heel' |
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-tōrio- -itōrio- -sōrio- |
'Belonging to ...' |
ūnctōrium 'anointing room', 'anointing' too unfavorable ; gūstātōrium 'eating utensils', to gustāre ' to enjoy, ingest', cubitōrius ' belonging to the feast', to cubāre 'to lie at table'; meritōrius 'to earn money', to merēre 'earn, acquire' dēversōrium 'inn', dēvertī 'stop in'; sessōrium 'armchair', to sedēre 'sit' |
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- (u) lo- - (u) lo- - (u) lā- |
'Inclined to ...' ' means of ...' ' means of ...' |
bibulus 'likes to drink' , to bibere 'drink'; crēdulus 'gullible', to crēdere 'trust, believe'; figulus , potter 'to fingere , shapes' cingulum , belt 'to cingere , gird'; jaculum 'throwing spear ', to jacere 'throwing'; capulus 'handle'; to capere 'take, seize' tēla 'fabric', to texere 'weave, plait'; grallae 'stilts', to gradī 'to step '; mūscipula 'mousetrap', to capere ' to catch' |
| -ēnsimo- | Ordinals | centēsimus 'hundredth', to centum 'hundred'; mīllēnsimus 'thousandth', to mīlle 'thousand'; multesimus 'one of many', too multus 'a lot' |
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-isemo- -issemo- -entissimo- |
superlative |
celerrimus 'faster', too celer 'fast'; prosperrimus 'favorable', too prosper 'favorable'; facillimus 'lightest', to facilis 'light' novissimus 'newest, last', to novus 'new, young'; fēlīcissimus 'happiest', to fēlīx 'fruitful, happy'; illūstrissimus 'noble', to illūstris 'respected, distinguished' magnificentissimus 'greatest', to magnificus 'great'; beneficentissimus 'most benevolent', to beneficus 'benevolent' |
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-no- -neo- -ino- -ineo- |
,consisting of …' |
aēnus ' brazen ', to aes 'ore, copper'; eburnus 'ivory', to ebur 'ivory'; larignus 'made of larch wood', to larix 'larch' pōpulneus 'the poplar, from poplar wood', to pōpulus 'poplar'; aēneus ' brazen ', to aes 'ore, copper'; īligneus 'from the holm oak', to īlex 'holm oak' crocinus 'from saffron, saffron yellow', to crocum 'saffron'; smaragdinus 'from emerald', to smaragdus 'emerald' fāgineus 'from beech wood', to fāgus 'beech'; coccineus 'scarlet', to coccum 'scarlet berry ' |
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-āno- -iāno- |
'Belonging to ...' |
Pompejānus 'follower of Pompey '; Romanus , roman 'to Roma , Rome '; urbānus 'urban', to urbs 'city' Caesariānus 'follower of Caesar '; Chrīstiānus 'Christian, Christian', to Chrīstus ; prasiniānus 'follower of the greens', to prasinus 'green-clad charioteer' |
| -ītāno- | 'Belonging to the place ...' | Neāpolītānus 'from Neāpolī '; Samarītānus 'from Samarīā '; Panormītānus 'from the city of Panormus '; Tingītānus 'belonging to Tingī ' |
| -ēno- | Distributive | vīcēnī 'twenty each', to vīciēs 'twenty times'; quadringēnī 'four hundred each', to quadringentī 'four hundred'; centēnī 'per hundred', to centum 'hundred' |
| -in O- | 'Belonging to ...' | dīvīnus 'divine', to dīvos 'God'; catulīna ' puppy meat', for catulus 'puppy'; Latīnus 'Latin', to Latium ; figulīna 'pottery', to figulus 'potter' |
| -fero- | '... load-bearing, -bar' | frūgifer 'fruitful', to frūx 'fruit'; ūrnifer “water carrier”, to ūrna “water jug”; cornifer 'horned', to cornū 'horn' |
| -gero- | '... carrying' | barbiger ' beard- bearing', to barba 'beard'; corniger , horned 'to Cornu , horn' |
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-tro- -stro- |
Noun instrumenti |
arātrum 'plow', to arāre 'plow, plow'; rōstrum 'beak, snout', to rōdere 'gnaw'; mulctrum ' milking barrel', to mulgēre 'milking', capistrum 'halter, loop', to capere ' to grasp, grasp'; mōnstrum 'signs, wonders', to monēre 'remember, warn' |
| -astro- | '-Like, bad ...' | surdāster , deaf 'to surdus , deaf'; catlāster 'youth', to catulus 'puppy'; oleāster 'wild olive tree', to olea 'olive tree' |
| -tūro- | Participium futuri activi | datūrus 'giving in the future', to dare ' to say'; futūrus 'will be, future', too fuam 'I am'; cāsurus 'future falling, entering', to cadere 'falling, entering' |
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-ōso- -iōso- -uōso- |
'Full of ..., rich in ...' |
pretiōsus 'valuable, precious', to pretium 'worth, price'; bīliōsus 'full of bile, bile sick', to bīlis 'bile' labōriōsus 'laborious', to labor 'exertion, hardship' mōnstruōsus 'unnatural, wonderful', to mōnstrum 'wonder, monster'; montuōsus 'mountainous', to mōns 'mountain' |
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-to- -ito- -so- |
participium perfecti passivi |
factus 'made, become', to facere 'make'; jūnctus 'connected', to younger 'connect'; amātus 'loved', to amāre 'love' monitus ' admonished ', to monēre 'remember, admonish'; tacitus 'silent', to tacēre 'silent'; placitus pleasant 'to placere , well-like' fissus cleaved 'to Findere , columns'; complexus 'entwined', to complector 'entwined '; pulsus , pushed 'to pellere , push' |
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-to- -āto- -ēto- -īto- -ūto- |
,provided with …' |
honestus 'honorable', to honōs 'honor'; jūstus 'just, rightful', to jūs 'right' īrātus 'angry', to īra 'anger'; dentātus 'toothed', to dēns 'tooth' saxētum 'rocky place', to saxum 'rock'; arborētum 'Baumgarten', to arbor 'tree' aurītus 'with (long) ears', to auris 'ear'; mellītus 'sweetened with honey, honey-sweet', to mel 'honey' verūtus ' armed with a skewer', to veru 'skewer'; nāsūtus 'with (large / fine) nose, naseweis', to nāsus 'nose' |
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-olento- -ulento- -lento- |
'Full of ..., rich in ...' |
violentus 'violent', to vīs 'force, violence'; sanguinolentus 'bloody', to sanguis 'blood' vīnulentus ' blessed with wine, drunk', to vīnum 'wine'; corpulentus ' corpulent ', to corpus 'body' gracilentus 'narrow, gaunt', to gracilis 'slim, gaunt'; macilentus 'lean', to maciēs 'leanness, drought' |
| -mento- | Noun instrumenti | vestīmentum 'clothing', to vestīre ' to clothe'; mōmentum 'impulse', to movēre 'to set in motion'; medicāmentum 'cure, medicine', to medicāre 'cure' |
| -vo- | Verbal adjective | arvos 'suitable for plowing', to arāre 'plowing'; reliquus 'remained, left over', to relinquere 'leave behind'; assiduus , resident 'to assidēre , to sit there, to stay' |
| -īvo- | 'Belonging to ...' | fūrtīvus 'stolen, secret', too fūrtīvus 'theft'; āctīvus 'active', to āctiō 'action, deed'; prīmitīvus 'growing first', to prīmitus 'for the first time' |
| -par (o) - | '-Maker' | arcuper 'Bogner', to arcus ' Bogen '; curripar 'Wagner', to currus 'carriage'; mēnsepar 'carpenter', to mēnsa 'table' |
| -goal- | Noun agentis | pīstor 'miller, baker', to pīnsere 'pound, mash '; doctor 'teacher', to doceō 'teach'; spectātor 'observer, observer', to spectāre 'contemplate' |
|
-s -ss- |
Perfect |
suāsī 'I advised', to suādēre 'advise'; scrīpsī 'I wrote', to scrībere 'write'; faxit 'he did / will have done', to facere 'do' amāssō 'I will have loved', to amāre 'love'; prohibēssit 'he prevent / preserve', too prohibēre 'prevent, hinder, fail' |
| -es / os- | Noun actionis / rei actae | genus 'birth, descent, species', to genere 'beget, bring forth'; vellus 'fur, fleece', to vellere 'pluck' |
| -ōs- |
Noun actionis / rei actae nominal abstract |
calor 'heat', to calēre 'to be hot'; tremor 'to tremble' , to tremere ' to tremble'; amor 'love', to amāre ' to love' lepōs 'grace', to lepidus 'dainty, graceful'; caldor 'heat', to caldus 'hot'; lēvor 'smoothness', to lēvis 'smooth' |
|
-iō̆s- -entiō̆s- |
comparative |
celsior 'higher, sublime', to celsus 'towering, sublime'; fortior 'stronger', fortis 'strong'; ēlegantior , selected, fine 'to elegans , selected, fine' magnificentior , great 'to magnificus , grand'; beneficentior 'more benevolent', to beneficus 'benevolent' |
|
-tāt- -itāt- |
Nominal abstract |
paupertās 'poverty', to pauper 'poor'; fōrmōsitās beauty ', to fōrmōsus ' well formed'; societās ‚society ', to socius ‚ journeyman' auctōritās ‚validity, guarantee ', to auctor ‚ author, author'; fēlīcitās 'fertility, happiness', to fēlīx 'fertile, happy' |
|
-nt- -ent- |
participium praesentis activi |
undāns 'swaying', to unda 'swaying '; virēns 'greening', to virēre 'green, to be green'; ferēns 'carrying', to ferre 'carrying' fugiēns 'fleeing, shy', to fugere 'fleeing'; volēns 'going', too velle 'wanting' |
|
-nt- -ant- |
,provided with …' |
animāns 'animated, animated', to anima 'breath, soul'; comāns 'hairy', to coma 'hair'; Stellan , gestirnt, shimmering 'to Stella , star' sulphurāns Sulphuretted 'to sulfur , sulfur'; ferrūgināns 'rusty tasting', to ferrūgō 'rust' |
| -ient- | Multiplicative | octiēs 'eight times', to octō 'eight'; centiēns 'hundred times', to centum 'hundred'; totiēs 'so often', too dead 'so much' |
| -tūt- | Nominal abstract | juventūs 'youth', to juvenis 'young'; servitūs 'servitude, bondage', to servus 'servant, unfree' |
|
-tu- -su- |
Noun actionis |
cantus 'song', to canere ' to sing'; flātus 'wind', to flāre ' to blow, blow'; adventus 'arrival', to advenīre ' to arrive'; factū 'to do', to facere ' to do, make', passus 'step', to pandere 'to spread out'; pulsus 'push, hit', to pellere 'push, hit'; jussū 'on command', to jubēre 'command' |
| -atu- | Nominal abstract | cōnsulātus 'office and dignity of the consuls ', to cōnsul ; senātus 'council of elders', to senex 'old man, old man'; peditātus ' foot people ', to pedes 'pedestrians'; concubīnātus ' concubinate ', to concubīna 'concubine'; caelibātus 'celibacy', to caelebs 'unmarried' |
|
-v- -īv- -u- |
Perfect |
creāvī 'I created', to creāre 'create'; complēvit 'he has filled up', to complēre 'fill up'; dormīvērunt 'they have slept', to dormīre ' to sleep' cupīvimus 'we desire ', to cupere 'desire'; appetīvistī 'you attacked', to appetite 'seek to attack'; quaesīvistis 'you asked', to quaesere ' to seek, ask for' gemuī 'I sighed', to mere 'sigh'; monuistī 'you admonished', to monēre 'remember, admonish'; voluisse 'wanted', too velle 'wanted' |
See also
Greek:
- List of Greek prefixes
- List of Greek suffixes
- List of Greek word stems in German foreign words
- Greek numerals
Latin:
literature
- Manu Leumann, Latin phonetics and forms , new edition of the 5th edition, published as Handbuch der Altertumswwissenschaften Dept. 2, Part 2: Latin Grammar 1, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-406-01426-7 .
- Peter Stotz, Meaning change and word formation , published as Handbuch der Altertumswwissenschaften Dept. 2, Part 5: Handbook of the Latin Language of the Middle Ages 2, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-406-45836-X .